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Copyright Litigation
Original Work :: Literary :: Dramatic :: Musical :: Artistic
Published :: Unpublished
Copyright is a form of protection provided to the authors of “original works of authorship” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works, both published and unpublished.
The 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to reproduce the copyrighted work, to prepare derivative works, to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work, to perform the copyrighted work publicly, or to display the copyrighted work publicly.
The copyright protects the form of expression rather than the subject matter of the writing. For example, a description of a machine could be copyrighted, but this would only prevent others from copying the description; it would not prevent others from writing a description of their own or from making and using the machine.
Copyrights are registered by the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress.
Do you own a registered copyright? Is someone using your registered copyright without your permission?
If you have a copyright registered by the U.S. Government through the U.S. Copyright Office and you believe that someone or entity is using your copyright without your permission, you may have a federal copyright infringement lawsuit.
If you believe someone or entity is infringing your copyright, please use our Intellectual Property Claim Evaluation Form to contact us so we can discuss your potential copyright infringement claim.
We are here to help you secure and protect your intellectual property rights.
Please navigate to the links below to find more information on commercial litigation or intellectual property and what you can do to protect your legal rights or contact us.
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